Re: [orbitcpp-list] Re: perform_work, pending_work, can't work when blocking

[Michael R. <mi...@ru...>]

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From: "Brian May" <ba...@sn...>
To: <orb...@li...>
Sent: Donnerstag, 21. Dezember 2000 09:08
Subject: Re: [orbitcpp-list] Re: perform_work, pending_work, can't work when
blocking


> >>>>> "Sam" == Sam Couter <sa...@to...> writes:
>
>     Sam> If you want a timeout event, then the best way is probably
>     Sam> for the ORB to use the glib event loop instead of calling
>     Sam> select() directly.
>
>     Sam> There have been murmurs about the next version of ORBit using
>     Sam> the glib event loop, which would make it possible to register
>     Sam> your own timeout events. I don't know if that's still part of
>     Sam> the plan. Multithreading support was also mentioned a few
>     Sam> times, but again, I don't know if that's still part of the
>     Sam> plan either. Would any ORBit developers (Elliot?) like to
>     Sam> comment?
>
> From <URL:http://icps.u-strasbg.fr/~genaud/ORBIT/x421.htm>
>
> "Unfortunately, I don't really see how to do timeouts with the normal
> CORBA event model, so I'm going to have to use the ORBit-specific hack
> of having a glib event loop which supports both CORBA events and
> timeouts. Another way, I am told, is something called an Evictor
> pattern. I should understand this soon once I get my fancy CORBA book
> in the mail.  The final way is just to leak memory like a sieve leaks
> goldfish; this is the easiest thing to do."
>
> 1. What is the glib even loop? Is it or isn't it supported by ORBit?
> 2. What is the evictor pattern?

For the evictor question have a look at
http://industry.ebi.ac.uk/~lcwang/corba-wks/evictor/sld001.htm or for a more
detailed explanation read the LifeCycle Mgmt chapter in "Advanced CORBA
Programming with C++" (Michi Henning and Steve Vinoski)

Michael